Despite M&A’s Slow Start in 2016, Survey Shows Executives See Pick Up This Year
M&A activity hit record levels in 2015 but has clearly taken a breather in the first half of this year.
M&A activity hit record levels in 2015 but has clearly been taking a breather in the first half of this year. While global growth concerns have started to dampen the recent pace of activity a survey from Deloitte of 2,300 respondents at U.S. corporations and private equity firms reflects still significant optimism around continued M&A activities. Russell Thomson, Managing Director of Deloitte's M&A Services joins TheStreet to talk about the details of the firm's 2016 M&A Trends Report. Among the key findings: technology continues to be the one of the most attractive industry for M&A activity and an increased number of corporations are looking for smaller strategic deals.
